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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** David Hasselhoff Signed iPod
<http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/portable-media/ipod/david-hasselhoff-signed-ipod-027711.php>
Gizmodo

The 20GB 4G model is pre-loaded with David's latest Christmas album and a special message from the star himself.

*** Apple Takes Initiative With Oracle
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=10425>
Macworld UK

Apple and a number of industry leaders are teaming up with Oracle in Resilient Low-Cost Storage Initiative, which will help organizations use modular, low cost storage arrays in both department and enterprise environments.

*** Black InMotion For U2 iPod
<http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/portable-media/ipod/black-inmotion-for-u2-ipod-027627.php>
Gizmodo

*** $4,250 iPod Amplifier And Speakers
<http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/portable-media/ipod/4250-ipod-amplifier-and-speakers-027663.php>
Gizmodo

It should smear a smirk on the face on the snobbiest puss.

*** Next Step For iPod: 80GB?
<http://news.com.com/Next+step+for+iPod+80GB/2100-1047_3-5490731.html>
David Becker, CNET News.com

Apple did not immediately announce plans to incorporate the drives in future products, but new iPod configurations have closely tracked Toshiba hard-drive developments.

*** Apple Fights RealNetworks' 'Hacker Tactics'
<http://news.com.com/Apple+fights+RealNetworks+hacker+tactics/2100-1027_3-5490604.html>
John Borland, CNET News.com

Apple has quietly updated its iPod software so that songs purchased from RealNetworks' online music store will no lnger play on some of the Mac maker's popular MP3 players.

[Opinion]

*** I've Lost My Man To An iPod
<http://www.smh.com.au/news/Heckler/Ive-lost-my-man-to-an-iPod/2004/12/14/1102787085374.html>
Rosemary Lewis, Sydney Morning Herald

It can hold 10,000 songs. It can shuffle them 27 different ways before breakfast... What it can't do is set itself up.

*** Bring Back 'Home On iPod' For Tiger
<http://www.macsimumnews.com/index.php/archive/bring_back_home_on_ipod_for_tiger1/>
Dennis Sellers, Macsimum

Wouldn't it appeal to all those hordes of iPod-using youngsters to always be able to join a Mac OS X computer and work/play in the same environment as their own computer?

[Review]

*** Build An eDoc Reader For Your ipod
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/12/14/ipod_reader.html>
Matthew Russell, O'Reilly Network

This article is the first in a series that walks you through the process of developing a Cocoa application that allows you to read large text documents, PDF files, and other electronic books on your 3G iPod or newer.

*** For Your Words Only
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/6062>
Giles Turbull, O'Reilly Network

To really get creative writing done, I need to filter out all the distractions and let the words flow. I need an editor with fullscreen mode.

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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Desktop Search New Target For Viruses?
<http://news.com.com/Desktop+search+new+target+for+viruses/2100-7349_3-5491070.html?part=rss&tag=5491070&subj=news.7349.20>
Munir Kotadia, CNET News.com

Security experts are warning that virus writers could use new desktop search tools to make their malicious software more efficient.

*** Mini Drive Survives School Of Hard Knocks
<http://news.com.com/Mini+drive+survives+school+of+hard+knocks/2100-1041_3-5490223.html?part=rss&tag=5490223&subj=news.1041.20>
Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com

Finally, a miniature hard drive you can drop on the sidewalk.

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The other things in life

[Tech & Science]

*** A Species In A Second: Promise Of DNA 'Bar Codes'
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/14/science/14barcode.html?oref=login&ex=1260853200&>
Nicholas Wade, New York Times

The wait for a simple way of identifying species may not be too much longer, if an idea known as DNA bar coding should prove as good as its advocates say.

*** Open Access
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2111023/>
Amanda Schaffer, Slate

Should scientific articles be available online and free to the public?

[Life]

*** Stirring Up Science
<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6699542/site/newsweek/>
Mary Carmichael, Newsweek

The brightest kids have more chances than ever to excel in the lab -- but their classmates are struggling.

*** Life In A Glass House
<http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0450/essay.php>
Shelley Jackson, Village Voice

One thing an imaginary world needs, I think, is to fail.

*** Here's The Problem WIth Being So 'Smart'
<http://chronicle.com/temp/reprint.php?id=vxlx9ewq3a9r7940jh6noemlujoyz7ht>
Jeffrey J. Williams, Chronicle Of Higher Education

The danger of smart is that it confirms the moves and mannerisms of a new and perhaps equally closed network.

*** In Paris, Boutiques ANd Cafes Where Chocolatiers Raise The Bar
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/12/travel/12tab.html?ex=1260507600&en=1a2debc6f5e03deb&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland>
Jonathan Hayes, New York Times

Chocolate is a quintessentially democratic pleasure, a breezily nostalgic satisfaction that brings us all back to the roughly level playing field of childhood delight.

*** Quitting The Paint Factory
<http://web.ionsys.com/~remedy/Quitting%20The%20Paint%20Factory.htm>
Mark Slouka, Harper's Magazine

On the virtues of idleness.

[Expressions]

*** This Scene Before
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2111058/>
Albert Goldbarth, Slate

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Malaysian Muslims Warn Against 'US Agent' Singapore
<http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_15-12-2004_pg4_6>
AFP

Hardline Islamists warned Malaysia's government Tuesday against allowing Singapore's air force to use its airspace, saying it would threaten the country's sovereignty because Singapore was an agent of the United States.

*** Scholars And That Second Chance
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/31218.asp>
Lee Ching Wern, Today

The Public Service Commission, which manages the various government scholarship schemes, has been supportive of scholars who hit a bad patch while studying.